Price-computing scale-beam.



No. 673,097.- Patented Apr. 30, I90l. E. THORNE.

PRICE COMPUTING SBALE BEAM.

(Application 51nd Oct. 17, 1900.)

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EUGENE THORNE, OF HENDERSON, NORTH OAROLNA.

PRICE-COM PUTING SCALE-BEAM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,097, dated April 30, 1901.

I Application filed October 17, 1900. Serial No. 33,875. (No inodeld T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE TI-IORNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Henderson, in the county of Vance and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Price-Computing Scale-Beams, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements'in price-computing scale-beams for use upon platform-scales such as are used for warehouse, mercantile, and other purposes.

lt is the object of my invention toimprove upon scale-beams of the above class by simplifying, cheapening, and improving the construction, so as to reduce the cost of manufacture and likewise simplify the operation; furthermore, to provide a beam whereon the computed values may be more readily and accurately determined, as will later be more fully described.

With the above objects in View my invention resides and consists in the novel construction and arrangement of a scale-beam, as shown upon the accompanying sheet of drawings, forming apart of this specification, upon which similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures, and of which- Figure l shows a side elevation of my improved scale-beam detached. Fig. 2 is a similar side elevation, the position of some of the weights, however, being` changed. Fig. Sis a vertical cross-section on line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 shows a detached view of the weight shown at the left in Fig. 2.V Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the additional dollarweight.

As beforeintimatedmyinventionisequally applicable to a number of different makes of scales, and for this reason I have deemed it advisable to illustrate my beam irrespective of any particular make. I therefore do not limit myself in this particular, or, in fact, to the details of construction which its application to any particular make would require.

Referring now to the characters of reference marked upon the drawings, A designates my beam as a whole; A', the pivotal lug` therefor whereby the beam is supported in the usual manner upon a scale-post.

B is a lug to which the link (not shown) from the scaleplatform is connected and through which the beam is operated upon its pivot.

My improved beam, as will be seen, is bifurcated, comprising an upper and lower section B and O, respectively, with an open space F therebetween. rlhese parts B and O are graduated to designate any amount, either in cents or dollars,iu the manner illustrated, the upper beam being preferably read from left to right with graduated numerals G from 3 to 50, which indicate price-numerals-that is to say, prices at which a commodity is to be sold. The lower beam O is also provided with similar graduations N for similar purposes, but is used with a different weight H and for the weighing of dollars worth. A further graduated pound-scale O is located upon the lower beam and is adapted to be read in connection with the weight H, which weight also serves to be used to secure dollars worths by means of the price-sched ule upon the lower beam just described. For i-nstance, with the operation of this weight-H if it is desired to secure a dollars worth of a commodity selling at ten cents per pound said weight would be adjusted to the right until its edge l is brought into alinementwith the price-numeral 10 upon the beam, as shown in Fig. l, which would give you a dollars worth. rfhesame manner of reckoning would be carried out with any linel of prices, as will be obviously apparent.

Within the space F is located a guide-rod J, which extends through the space from one end of the beam to the other, and upon this rod I mount a series of numbered Weights K, preferably one hundred in number, which in the illustration represent penny-weights and are numbered from right to left, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) so they may be readily distinguished and read from the left. Said weights are used in connection with the graduated beam B, as follows: A scale of numerals P is indicated upon the beam, by means of which the number of penny-weights may be represented. If, for instance, a purchaser desires twenty-five cents worth of a commodity the price of which is five cents per pound, the operator will adjust twenty-five of these weights from the position shown in Fig. l to that shown iu TOO Fig. 2, which in practice would give `you a quarters worth, as desired, and which adjustment would show the number 25 on the side of the weight, as seen in Eig. e. The same form of adjustment of the small weights upon the rod would be carried out in the securement of any desired part of a dollars worth. Again, for instance, if ninety-nine cents worth of a commodity were desired at a given price, all but one of the penny-weights would be adjusted to the selling-numeral upon the price-beam, thus giving you the proper amount of weight.

As illustrated upon the drawings, the pricenumeral upon the upper and lower beam correspond. Therefore it is likewise necessary that the weight ot' the dollar-weight H and the entire series ot penny-weights be the same. Therefore if a purchaser should wish a dollar and fifty cents worth at a specied price the weight H would be adjusted to the desired numeral upon the lower beam and iit'ty of the penny-weights adjusted to the corresponding numeral of the upper beam. One or more additional detachable dollar-weights R may be provided for attachment to the pins Q on the weight H, if desired, so as to increase the capacity of the scale.

The foremost of the penny-weights K is preferably provided with a small extension L upon its top edge, which, as illustrated, is designed to engage the price-n umeral notches M upon the beam B. This is to desirably secure a proper location of the weights and to prevent them from being carelessly passed by the numeral desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a beam having a series of graduated price-numerals upon the outer end thereof, a second series of nu merals upon the inner end of said beam, a series of penny-weights corresponding` in number to the last-mentioned numerals and adapted to be adjusted in series ot' any desired number to the price-numerals upon the outer end of the beam whereby desired worths of the fractional part of a dollar may be secured.

2'. In a scale-beam ot' the class described, the combination with a beam having a series of price-graduated numerals thereon, of a guide-rod adjacent thereto, and a series of penny-weights upon said rod for the adjustment singly or in series to the price-numerals before referred to, a second beam having graduated price-numerals to correspond with those upon the upper beam,graduated poundnumerals also upon said second beam and a weight for adjustment on said second beam adapted to give pounds or dollars worths as desired,substantiallyas shown and described.

3. A price-computing scale-beam, comprising a price-graduated beam, a round guiderod beneath said graduated beam, a series oi" one hundred penny-weights permanently secured upon said guide-rod and adapted to be adjusted in any desired numbers to the pricenumeral upon the beam, thus representing the worth of any fractional part of a dollar at the stated prices.

4. A scale-beam, provided with a series of price-numerals graduations upon its outer end having notches on the under side as shown, a round guide-rod between two bars of said beam, a series of penny-weights for adjustment upon the rod, the 'foremost one of said weights having an extension thereon and adapted to be turned for engagement with the before-mentioned notches upon the beam to prevent displacement, substantially as shown and described.

5. A scale-beam of the class described coutaining a series of graduated price-numerals upon the outer end, a rod and a series of one hundred penny-weights mounted thereon to be adjusted singly Or in series so that the foremost one will aline with the numerals referred to and give the worth of any fractional part of a dollar, a second beam having` grad uations corresponding with those of the beforementioned beam, and a ilolla1"s-worth weight adjustably mounted upon said beam, the whole arranged to give worth in dollars and any fractional parts thereof.

Signed at Hendersomin the county of Vance and State of North Carolina, this {Lth day of October, A. D. 1900.

EUGENE THORNE.

Vlitnesses:

THos. ONsBY, B. POWELL. 

